Common name:
Narrowleaf mule-ears
Family:
Scientific name:
Wyethia angustifolia
Main flower color:
Range:
California, Oregon, southwest Washington
Height:
Up to 3 feet
Habitat:
Grassy places, chaparral, open woodland; up to 6,500 feet
Leaves:
Lanceolate to oblanceolate, or triangular; basal, up to 8 inches long
Season:
April to August
Leaves of wyethia angustifolia grow at the base, in a rosette, where they are large, up to 8 inches in length, though relatively narrow. Leaf surfaces are roughly hairy, and somewhat shiny. Leaf edges are often wavy, and may be irregularly serrate. Plants inhabit grassy places, in central and northern California (west of the Sierra Nevada and the Cascades), and southern Oregon.
Flowerheads are usually solitary but may occur in small clusters; they have a hemispheric involucre with from 26 to 40 phyllaries, all approximately equal in size, ciliate margins, and sparse, soft hairs on the faces. The flowerhead contains from 8 to 21 yellow ray florets, and 100 or more disk florets. Flowerheads are attached by leafless stalks of up to 12 inches.
Flowerheads are usually solitary but may occur in small clusters; they have a hemispheric involucre with from 26 to 40 phyllaries, all approximately equal in size, ciliate margins, and sparse, soft hairs on the faces. The flowerhead contains from 8 to 21 yellow ray florets, and 100 or more disk florets. Flowerheads are attached by leafless stalks of up to 12 inches.
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